Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia had to think about the proposal for a ceasefire. Western leaders do not exclude a personal meeting with Putin to end the conflict.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday that Russia had to think about the proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine, which the same day was presented by Western allies Kiev Associations in the so-called. coalition willing. At the same time, he stressed that exerting pressure on Moscow in this matter is unnecessary, TASR reports, referring to the BBC report.
“We have to think about it. It’s a new development. We have our own attitude,” Peskov said in an interview with CNN. “But trying to push us is completely useless,” he added. He also stated that Russia had never succumbed to pressure from historically.
On the marginal threats with new sanctions if Russia does not accept the unconditional 30-day ceasefire with effect from 12 May, Peskov had previously said in another interview that “it is very difficult to isolate the country like Russia because it occupies a very large part of the globe”. According to him, Russia has enough partners with whom it actively develops relationships in all areas.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a visit to Kiev on Saturday, where he arrived together by French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusko, did not rule out the possibility of personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it helped end the war in Ukraine. Peskov said on Saturday that Putin is ready for contacts with each leader.
On Saturday, the three -day one -sided ceasefire announced by Russia ends. Ukrainian cities were also saved this time drone and missile attacks, but the fighting continued to run on the front line and in the summary area, according to the Ukrainian authorities. The same temporary one -sided Putin also declared Easter.
